Ryota Yamauchi


Ryota Yamauchi is a Japanese professional boxer.

Professional boxing career

Yamauchi made his professional debut against Supaluek Noiwaengphim on 30 June 2017, whom he beat by a second-round knockout. Yamauchi next fought the journeyman Lester Abutan on 19 December 2017. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.
Yamauchi was scheduled to fight Yota Hori on May 7, 2018, in his third professional appearance. He won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout. Yamauchi next fought Rio Nainggolan on 1 October 2018, and won by a third-round stoppage, as Nainggolan retired from the fight at the end of the round.
Yamauchi was scheduled to fight Wulan Tuolehazi for the vacant WBA International flyweight title on 30 March 2019. It was his first professional title fight, his first twelve-round fight, as well as his first fight outside of Japan. Yamauchi suffered his first professional defeat, as Tuolehazi won the fight by unanimous decision. Yamauchi was next scheduled to face the WBA Asian flyweight champion, and #13 ranked WBA flyweight conteder, Alphoe Dagayloan on 23 August 2019. He won the fight by majority decision. Yamauchi faced another Philippine opponent, MJ Bo, on 14 February 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout.
Yamauchi was booked to fight his fellow countryman Satoru Todaka for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title on 19 August 2020. Todaka retired from the bout at the end of the third round. Yamauchi made his first title defense against Yuta Nakayama on 24 June 2021. He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.
Yamauchi challenged the reigning WBO flyweight champion Junto Nakatani, in what was Nakatani's second title defense. The title fight was scheduled for the undercard of the Ryota Murata and Gennadiy Golovkin middleweight unification bout, which took place on 9 April 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. He lost the fight by an eight-round technical knockout, due to referee stoppage, after having lost all the preceding rounds on the judges' scorecards.
Yamauchi faced Josuke Nagata for the vacant Japanese flyweight title on 1 April 2023. He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 96–94 in favor of Nagata.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
15Win12–3Yasuhiro KanzakiTKO6, 1:457 Jun 2024Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
14Win11–3Arnold GardeKO2, 1:162 Feb 2024Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13Win10–3Jakpan SangtongKO2, 1:1024 Aug 2023Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12Loss9–3Josuke NagataUD101 Apr 2023Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanFor vacant Japanese flyweight title
11Win9–2Parinya KhaikanhaTKO1, 2:5911 Aug 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10Loss8–2Junto NakataniTKO8 9 Apr 2022Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, JapanFor WBO flyweight title
9Win8–1Yuta NakayamaTKO7, 1:2924 Jun 2021Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanRetained WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title
8Win7–1Satoru TodakaRTD3, 3:0019 Aug 2020Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanWon vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title
7Win6–1MJ BoKO2, 2:2414 Feb 2020Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6Win5–1Alphoe Dagayloan823 Aug 2019Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5Loss4–1Wulan Tuolehazi1230 Mar 2019PuTuo Stadium, Shanghai, ChinaFor vacant WBA International flyweight title
4Win4–0Rio Nainggolan3, 3:001 Oct 2018Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3Win3–0Yota HoriTKO5, 1:327 May 2018Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2Win2–0Lester Abutan4, 2:2619 Dec 2017Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1Win1–0Supaluek Noiwaengphim2, 2:4730 Jun 2017Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan